Cap. 220 Art. 124Commencement of sentences.

(1) A military sentence of imprisonment or detention or a sentence of field punishment shall, subject to the provisions of this article, begin to run from the beginning of the day on which sentence was originally pronounced by the court-martial trying the offender, or, as the case may be, was originally awarded by his commanding officer.

(2) A sentence of imprisonment or detention passed by a court-martial on a man of the force which is suspended in pursuance of article 126 before he has been committed to prison or other establishment shall not begin to run until the beginning of the day on which the suspension is determined: Provided that where the sentence is suspended by the confirming officer and the reviewing authority determines the suspension, the reviewing authority may direct that the sentence shall run from such earlier date, not earlier than the day on which sentence was originally pronounced by the court-martial, as the reviewing authority may specify.